EPR/lalanine dosimetry in LDR brachytherapy - A feasibility study

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 120, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 171-175

  Schultka, Katarzyna ^a   Ciesielski, Bartlomiej ^a   Serkies, Krystyna ^a   Sawicki, Tomasz ^a   Tarnawska, Zofia ^a   Jassem, Jacek ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CESIUM 137; IRIDIUM 192;

ALANINE DOSIMETRY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOSE CALCULATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION RESPONSE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VAGINA; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALANINE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; MATERIALS TESTING; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33749838690     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci528     Document Type: Article

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